Process of manufacturing marbled and multicolored glass



Patented Nov. 17, 193! UNITED STATES PATENT oer-ice.

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Hitherto, to obtain a marble or multicolored eifect on glass plates or other glass articles, two processes were chiefly resorted to, one of them consistingfiin adorning one a of the sides of the glass by painting or enamelling so that'the marblings or other patterns produced be visible from the other side of the glass owing to its transparency, the other method consisting in superposing sev- 10 eral distinct layers of variously colored glass and then grinding off one or more of theselayers at some places thereby permitting the underlying layer or layers to appear.

The present invention has for its object to provide an improved process and it essentially'consists in mingling glasses of different colors while they are in molten condition, this being done in such a manner that their colors do not fuse into each other but remain quite distinct. In this way I obtain veins, marblings and multicolored efi'ects formed inside the body of the glass article and a parent on both sides of it, which are indeli le and perfectly reproduce the natural veins of marble and other stones it is desired to imitate.

In "carr 'ing out this process, homogeneous masses 0 difierently colored glass having substantially the same composition or compositions difiering as little as possible from each other are repared separately in crucibles or special Birnaces. Into the articular glass having the color intended for t e ground of the finished article, the various glasses havin other colors are successively poured at di erent places in greater or less amount according to the result to be obtained, and the glasses are rapidly mingled together.

1 The temperature of the ground color glass must be as high as possible, up to say 1400 0., whereas t e glasses to be added thereto may be at a' lower temperature 1000 to 1200 G. at. the time oi operation.

ferences and of the condition that the drillerent glasses employed shall have substantially if ood results are to be obtained.

e mass of multicolored lass obtained by the present processmay su beequently be 'color glass.

The observance both of these temperature difing masses of glass of diiferent colors aving substantially the same composition, meltin such masses of glass, bringin one of sai masses to a condition of great uidity, bringing the others of said masses to a condition of slightly less fluidit and pouring se arate quantities of said ot er masses at di erent spots into said first mentioned'mass.

2. A process of manufacturing marbled and multicolored glass, com rising preparing a mass of ground color g ass and masses of differently colored glasses having substantially the same composition, melting said masses of glass, the ground color glass being brought to a temperautre about 100 to 200 C. above the temperature of said other masses of glass, and pouring separate quantities of said other masses ofglass into said ground .3. A process of manufacturing. marbled and multicolored glasscomprisin preparin a mass of groun color lass-and masses 0% variouslycolored glasses ving substantially the same composltion, melting said ground color glass at a temperature between 1200 and so 1400 C., melting said variously colored glasses at temperatures between 1000 and 1200 0., separately pouring quantities of said variously colored lasses' into said ground color glass at di erent and 85 rapidly mingling said masses toget er. p

In testimony whereof I ailix my signature. 1

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